No panic stations at battling Jomo Cosmos

Jomo Cosmos midfielder, Sicelo Mkhize (below) says they were not frustrated as the team struggled to get results in the Glad Africa Championship, knowing full well they were losing games because of their own mistakes.

But instead of worrying about it, they focused on fixing the mistakes as they didn’t want to end up making more because of frustration.

“We were not really frustrated,” Mkhize told the Saturday Citizen yesterday. “We knew what the cause of the bad results was. It was our own mistakes. We were not doing the right things sometimes. But I think we have fixed that now. We are better now,” he added.

Ezenkosi recorded their second win of the season when they beat Royal Eagles 1-0 on Wednesday to leap away from the relegation zone they have been stuck in since the season started. They have also lost four and drawn five which gives them 11 points.

Mkhize says the win is what they had been looking for and it gives them motivation going forward.

“The win was a huge confidence boost that we had been looking for. It has showed us that we are capable of more. We now believe we can still compete as teams above us are two or three points away. We can still catch up and maybe even try for the title,” he said confidently.

Jomo Sono will hope for the same result when they visit one of this season’s form teams, JDR Stars at Soshanguve Giant Stadium in Pretoria this afternoon.

“There is no doubt that it will be a tough game. They have been doing well. But I believe in my team-mates and I know that we can beat them,” he said.

TS Sporting have had their manager, Vusi Ntimane banned from football activities for six months after he was found guilty of misconduct by the PSL’s disciplinary Committee. Ntimane was found guilty of assault after he had verbally abused a match official and tried to hit him with an energy drink container.